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Round off meaning

Round off is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to rub a pointed or sharp part until it becomes smoothly curved.

Past simple
rounded off
Past participle
rounded off
-ing form
rounding off

What round off means

smooth a sharp shapeB2

To rub a pointed or sharp part until it becomes smoothly curved

Use fine sandpaper to round off the corners.

1 more meaning of round off is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With round: round on, round something down/up, round out, round up.

With off: turn off, take off, cut off, go off, put off, break off, keep off, start off, tick off, get off.

Common questions

What does round off mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to rub a pointed or sharp part until it becomes smoothly curved. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of round off?

Rounded off, which is also its past participle.

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